Portable charcoal container and dispenser



March 10, 1953 R. J. CAPPELLINI 2,630,941

PORTABLE CHARCOAL CONTAINER AND DISPENSER Filed Dec. 14, 1950 2 SHEETS-SHEET l 1 1 INVENTOR i H momma OAPPELLINI If Z31]? March 10, 1953 R. J. CAPPELLINI 2,630,941

PORTABLE CHARCOAL CONTAINER AND D-ISPENSER 2 SHEETSSHEET4 2 Filed Dec. 14, 1950 v Y INVENTOR- RICHARD GAPPELLINI Patented Mar. 10, 1953 PORTABLE CHARCOAL CONTAINER AND DISPENSER Richard J. Cappellini, Amityville, N. Y.

Application December 14, 1950, Serial No. 200,790

. 3 Claims. (01. 222-80) This invention relates to a portable charcoal container and dispenser.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a portable charcoal container formed of light weight metal and adapted to receive and retain a bag of charcoal or brickettes and wherein the end of the container has doors which can be released and opened in order to dispense the charcoal upon lifting the container by its handle and wherein there is a control element for one of the doors adjacent to the handle to dispense the charcoal when the container has become nearly empty or to dispense larger amounts of the charcoal from the container.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a bag retaining projection which can be removed at the time the 'bag with the charcoal is placed in the container but which will pierce the bag so as to hold the same therewithin at the time that the charcoal is being poured from the container and so that it may not interfere with the pouring operation.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide a charcoal container having swinging doors at the discharge end of the same and control elements therefor, which is of simple construction, inexpensive to manufacture, has a minimum number of parts, compact, of pleasing appearance, easy to operate, easy to refill and emcient in operation.

For other objects and for a better understanding of the invention, reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the charcoal container embodying the features of the present invention. 1

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View of th container taken on line 22 of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken line 33 of Fig. l.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the control mechanism associated with the handle of the container for effecting the release of one of the doors.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of the latch for the upper door and disposed on th sides of the container.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary detail sectional view of the bag holding pin taken generally on line 6-6 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view taken through the handle for the container and the latch operating member and as viewed on line 1-1 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 8 is a transverse sectional view of the handle and the control member taken generally on line 8-'-8 of Fig. 4. 1

' and I4 which reinforce the top and sides of the body l0 and which depend from the bottom, as indicated at I5, to serve as feet for the container.

Pivotally connected to the top of the body, as indicated at l 6, is an upper lid or cover [1 adapted to drop downwardly over and onto inclined edges I8 on the sides of the receptacle body W. A lower cover or lid I9 is pivoted to the bottom of the body H] at 2| and is normally held in a raised position so that its sides engage inclined side edges 22 of the sides of the body II] by a latch 23 that slides under a bracket 24 on the cover I9. A pull wire 25 is connected to the latch 23 and extends along the bottom within a sleeve 26. This wire with the sleeve pass rearwardly and upwardly over the rear portion I l and thence forwardly onto the top portion of the body and. outwardly therethrough for engagement with a control operating member 26' slidable in a handle bracket 28. The bracket 28 has projections 29 with openings 31 therein and laterally spaced from one another to receive the operating member 26' which has projections 32 which pass into the openings 3! of the projections 29 to be guided thereby. The end of the wire 25 has a ball enlargement 33 for fixing the wire to the control member 26. A handle 34 is-fixed in the bracket 28 by a pin 35. A compression spring 36 reacts against a depending projection 3! to urge the latch23 inits normal position under the projection 24 whereby to hold the lower lid l9 in'the raised position. This lower lid I9 is only usedwhen it is desired to spill large quantities of the charcoal. The latch is held by a flat strip bracket 7 38 secured to the bottom of the body I0.

On the side of the container body is a pivot latch 4| of angle section and having a projection 42 extending laterally adapted to ride over a retaining bracket 43 on the side of the upper 1 lid amount of charcoal is to be poured from the container or where the amount of charcoal Within the container is low, the lower lid l9 can be dropped. Also th lower lid can be dropped independently of the upper lid and the discharging of the contents made wholly from the lower lid.

The charcoal can be placed in the container body It! in bag 48 or can be dropped into the container without the bag. In order to retain the bag in place, a pin 49 pierces the bag, as shown in Fig. 6, and thereby holds the same within the container. The pin 49 is held down by a spring 5| reacting against a bracket 52 and a flange 53 on the pin 49. A button formation 54 on the pin 49 provides means by which the pin can be pulled outwardly against the action of the spring 5! so that the paper bag can be inserted free of the pointed end of the pin 49. Upon release of the pin, the spring will cause the pointed end to puncture the bag. In this manner the bag is held within the container body 10.

It will be seen that the user of the container can, While grasping the handle 34, move the control member 26' to pull the wire 25 so that the lower lid I9 is released. The pouring of the charcoal can be readily efiect-ed thereby. The upper lid H may also be opened if desired and particularly at times when the container is being filled with the charcoal and upon the insertion of the bag 48 into the container body. At this time, the handle l2 at the end of the container body may also be used.

It will now be apparent that there has been provided a handy charcoal container which can be operated to release the lower lid from the carrying handle in order to discharge the contents therefrom. The upper lid is easily opened to permit the insertion of the bag and once the bag is in place the pin 49 will hold the same against .outward displacement at times when the charcoal is being dispensed.

While various changes may be made in the detail construction, it shall be understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A portable dispensing container comprising a container body open at one end, an upper lid pivoted from the top of the container body and adapted to cover a part of the open end when in the closed position, a lower lid pivoted from the bottom of the container body and adapted to close the remaining part of the opening when in its closed position, a U-shaped handle connected to the top of the container body, a latch for re- 'taining the lower lid in its closed position, cable means extending from the latch to the handle,

a control element slidably mounted for linear movement in the bight of said handle and conengage with the upper inclined edges, said lower lid having sides adapted to engage with the lower inclined edges and latch means connected between the sides of the container body and the 4. side of the upper cover to releasably hold the upper cover in its lowered position.

2. A portable dispensing container comprising a container body having top, bottom and side walls, a rear portion closing one end of the body, the opposite end being open, the side walls at said opposite end of the body having inclined edges angled with one another, a top lid pivotally connected to the top of the container body and having sides engageable with the upper inclined edge of the side walls of the container body, a lower lid pivotally connected to the bottom wall of the container body and having side walls engageable with the lower inclined edges of the container side walls, said lids serving to jointly close the open end of the container body, a handle extending upwardly from the top wall of the container body to transport the device and a second handle secured to the rear end wall portion to facilitate the tilting of the container body and the discharging of the contents thereof, latch means normally securing one of said lids in closed position, a slidable latchoperating member carried by one of said handles, a. spring biased plunger, and a flexible connection member extending between said plunger and said operating member, said plunger coacting with said latch means for opening said one lid.

3. A portable dispensing container comprising a container body having top, bottom and side walls, a rear portion closing one end of the body, the opposite end being open, the side walls at said opposite end of the body having inclined edges angled with one another, a top lid pivotally connected to the top of the container body and having sides engageable with the upper inclined edge of the side walls of the container body, a lower lid pivotally connected to the bottom wall of the container body and having side walls engageable with the lower inclined edges of the container side walls, said lids jointly cooperating to close the open end of the container body, a material containing bag in said container body having an open end adjacent the open end of said body, a pointed pin extending through the top wall of the container and adapted to pierce said bag to hold said bag in the container while the contents thereof are being dispensed from the end thereof, a bracket surrounding said pin and a spring extending between thebracket and the pin to hold the pin in its inwardly pressed position, said pin having a pull handle thereon to retract the same and to release the bag.

RICHARD J. CAPPELLINI.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,733,995 Randolph Oct. 29, 1929 2,490,194 Barclay Dec. 6, 1949 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 631,719 Germany June 25, 1936 

